Harness attachment



(No Model.)

- T. G. HANBERY & J. D. WALL.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT. Y No. 324,684. Patented Aug. 18, 1885.

WITNESSES INVENTOR BY Mi ATTORNEYS.

THOMAS G. HANBERY AND JOHN D. TVALL, OF NEWVSTEAD, KENTUCKY.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,684, dated August18, 1885.

Application filed June 11, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS G. HAN- BERY and JOHN D. WALL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Newstead, in the county of Christian andState of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarness-Loops, of which the following is a description.

This invent-ion is an improved harnessloop; and it consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the improvement, and Fig. 2is an edge view thereof.

The invention is especially intended for use on dray and heavy wagonharness, and intended to take the place of the ring and leather cap nowcommonly used, and aims to provide a simpler, more economical, anddurable device.

The loop consists of the ring or eye A and the parallel clamping'platesB B, extended therefrom. These plates are preferably formed with acentral opening, 6, and with their edges bb, adjacent the ring, formedin straight lines and diverging, as shown. It will be noticed that theinner side of the ring is flattened at a and rests in a plane commonwith that of the inner clamping-plate. In use the straps C 0, being partof the breeching, have their ends lapped one on the other. The loop isthen applied, the clamping-plates being arranged on opposite sides ofsuch straps, and the plates are then secured together and to the strapsby the rivets D, to receive which the plates Bhave suitablerivet-openings, (I, along their edges. By thus riveting the parts allstitching is avoided and the parts may be firmly united with greatfacility. By forming the edges b, adjacent the ring, in straight linesand diverging, as described, the straight edges of the straps coincidetherewith, and the trimming of such straps to conform to the 5 plate isavoided, and at the same time we utilize the greatest possible portionof the leather at the loop, increasing the strength of the fastening. Byflattening the inner side of the ring into a plane common 'with theinnor clamping-plate we avoid any inward projections, which in use wouldprobably operate to abrade the animal. The two clampingplates, heldfirmly on opposite sides of the lapped straps, serve to hold such partsfirmly and prevent any tearing of the leather away from the rivets.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is- 1. Thecombination of the two straps, as O 0, having their ends lapped one uponthe other, the harness loop having a ring and plates extended therefromand lapped on the opposite sides of such straps, and rivets passedthrough the ring-plates and the lapped ends of the straps, substantiallyas set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture,

a harness-loop consisting of the ring and the parallel clamping-platesextended therefrom and having rivet-openings, the inner side of 0 thering being flattened to a plane common with that of the innerclamping-plate, substantially as set forth.

3. The improved harness-loop herein described, consisting of the ringand. the parallel clamping-plates extended therefrom and having theiredges adjacent such ring formed in straight diverging lines, the innerside of the ring being flattened to a plane common with that of theinner clamping-plate, sub- 8c stantially as set forth.

THOMAS G. HANBERY. JOHN D. \VALL.

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